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U.S. Military Chief Warns of Economic Cyber Threat

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Digging into China’s nuclear tunnels

The Chinese have called it their “Underground Great Wall” — a vast network of tunnels designed to hide their country’s increasingly sophisticated missile and nuclear arsenal.

For the past three years, a small band of obsessively dedicated students at Georgetown University has called it something else: homework.

Led by their hard-charging professor, a former top Pentagon official, they have translated hundreds of documents, combed through satellite imagery, obtained restricted Chinese military documents and waded through hundreds of gigabytes of online data.

The result of their effort? The largest body of public knowledge about thousands of miles of tunnels dug by the Second Artillery Corps, a secretive branch of the Chinese military in charge of protecting and deploying its ballistic missiles and nuclear warheads.

The study is yet to be released, but already it has sparked a congressional hearing and been circulated among top officials in the Pentagon, including the Air Force vice chief of staff.

Most of the attention has focused on the 363-page study’s provocative conclusion — that China’s nuclear arsenal could be many times larger than the well-established estimates of arms-control experts...............................

For students, an obsession

The students’ professor, Phillip A. Karber, 65, had spent the Cold War as a top strategist reporting directly to the secretary of defense and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. But it was his early work in defense that cemented his reputation, when he led an elite research team created by Henry Kissinger, who was then the national security adviser, to probe the weaknesses of Soviet forces.

Karber prided himself on recruiting the best intelligence analysts in the government. “You didn’t just want the highest-ranking or brightest guys, you wanted the ones who were hungry,” he said.

In 2008, Karber was volunteering on a committee for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, a Pentagon agency charged with countering weapons of mass destruction.

After a devastating earthquake struck Sichuan province, the chairman of Karber’s committee noticed Chinese news accounts reporting that thousands of radiation technicians were rushing to the region. Then came pictures of strangely collapsed hills and speculation that the caved-in tunnels in the area had held nuclear weapons.

Much more..http://news.yahoo.com/digging-china-nuclear-tunnels-013008319.htmlThe Chinese have called it their “Underground Great Wall” — a vast... more

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Ron Paul speaking on China, sanctions and the oncoming conflict with Iran

War with Iran has already been decided by the powers that be and the modern-day quasi-declaration happened last Thursday. Using the same legislative and propaganda playbook that led to the Iraq War, the U.S. Government has just officially declared War on Iran. Reuters reported "Congress on Thursday approved tough new unilateral sanctions aimed at squeezing Iran's energy and banking sectors, which could also hurt companies from other countries doing business with Tehran. The House of Representatives passed the bill 408-8 and sent it to President Barack Obama for signing into law. The Senate had approved it 99-0 earlier in the day."

Congress hasn't officially voted for a Declaration of War since World War II. In modern times they use creative wording in bills that authorize the broad use of force across borders in the sweeping "War on Terror." The Bush Doctrine of preemptively attacking countries because they may pose a threat to America in the future was universally trashed by progressives, but is alive and well under Obama, the Prince of Peace, without one dissenting vote in the Senate. This authority is what the Obama Administration claims also gives them the legal argument to bomb sovereign countries like Pakistan.

This unilateral decision by the United States Congress comes on the heels of a 12-2 U.N. Security Council vote on June 8th to impose a "modest tightening of sanctions" against Iran. Of course, Russia and China have been assured that sanctions won't apply to their energy needs in order to secure their votes. After the vote President Obama asserted that, "these sanctions do not close the door on diplomacy."

However, the United States preempted this embargo vote in Congress by taking up an aggressive posture in tandem with Israel by deploying an Armada of Battleships to the Red Sea. There are now reports from the Israeli National News that, "The Israeli Air Force recently unloaded military equipment at a Saudi Arabia base, a semi-official Iranian news agency claimed Wednesday, while a large American force has massed in Azerbaijan, which is on the northwest border of Iran."

Now, it seems that the United States is working overtime to sell their war plans to potential allies. CIA chief, Leon Panetta appeared on ABC's This Week and announced that the Iranians, "have enough low-enriched uranium right now for two weapons. They do have to enrich it, fully, in order to get there. And we would estimate that if they made that decision, it would probably take a year to get there, probably another year to develop the kind of weapon delivery system in order to make that viable."

While world leaders negotiate their piece of the Iranian pie in G8 negotiations, the multinational fear campaign has begun. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Sunday that a CIA warning that Iran has enough uranium to build two atomic bombs was "worrying," and criticized Tehran's secrecy over its nuclear program. Gathered at the G8 Summit in Ottawa, world leaders now "fully believe" and are "worried" that a preemptive attack by Israel on Iran is inevitable. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi told reporters that "Iran is not guaranteeing a peaceful production of nuclear power [so] the members of the G8 are worried and believe absolutely that Israel will probably react preemptively."

Enforcing an unprovoked embargo on a sovereign nation has been historically defined as an act of war. Unfortunately, very few of our elected officials know or understand history and therefore overwhelmingly voted for the new sanctions. Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX), an outspoken critic of Iran sanctions, was one of the eight house members to vote against the measure. Here is Ron Paul from a few months ago comparing sanctions to an Act of War while discussing this bill; H.R. 2194 Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010.

The Bush-Obama Doctrine is the rule of tyrants. Clearly it looks like Israel and America are determined to preemptively strike Iran even though Iran has always maintained that their nuclear program is for peaceful energy production only. America has once again engaged in an Act of War on a sovereign nation that has not harmed, or even threatened to harm her. Iran's biggest crime appears to be sitting on a sea of crude at a time when oil-thirsty Neo-cons, who penned the Doctrine, rule the world. The coming war with Iran will not be pretty.War with Iran has already been decided by the powers that be and the modern-day... more

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"China will not hesitate to protect Iran even with a third World War" (subtitles)

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China To Protect Iran Even With A Third World War?

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Chinese Government Launches iPhone App to Provide Free Condoms in Beijing - Thump

In a sexual health initiative, Beijing authorities are giving away free condoms to its... more

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Espionage: Protecting American Innovation in Cyberspace

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A real life "Greyfriars Bobby"

Video at the link A dog in China who was the only companion to a single resident... more

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Tearjerker: Loyal dog guards his master's grave

After Lao Pan passed away this month at 68, his dog disappeared from his home in... more

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China's appetite for wood takes a heavy toll on forests

More than half of the timber now shipped globally is destined for China. But... more

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Yangtze River pollution imperils hundreds of millions of people

The banks of China’s Yangtze River are crowded with chemical factories, which... more

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Malicious Cyber Activities Directed Against U.S. Satellites

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Mercy And Sorrow Place Third In MusicDish*China MV Competition

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ViVA Girls Grabs 2nd Place In MusicDish*China MV Competition

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Chinese Intelligence and Cyber Reconnaissance Infrastructure

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Fuck Current - Obama Increases Troops in Australia

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November 16, 1997 - Dissidents And A Whiff Of Sleaze.

Another day in paradise . . . .

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When Cameras Went Dark Last Time - Tiananmen Square - 1989

A reminder of another Pro-Democracy movement.

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Animation: 'Michele Bachmann vs the Great Society' (VIDEO)

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Hey China.....what ya doing?

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New Google Earth images showing a series of mysterious, massive patterns drawn onto China's western desert have prompted a flurry of internet speculation about their purpose, ranging from satellite-weapon targets to messages to – or even from – extra-terrestrials.

The vast, unidentified shapes in Xinjiang and Gansu include kilometre-long reflective strips, blocks of silver squares, concentric circles radiating out hundreds of metres and a grid of tangled white lines that looks like a city layout minus the buildings.

While the guessing game continues on websites like Gizomodo, one certain thing they highlight is humanity's ability to redraw the landscape of even the most remote places.

It was once – inaccurately – believed that the Great Wall is the only man-made structure that could be seen with the naked eye from space. Today, we are now used to satellite images of widening mega cities, deforestation and increasingly tangled transport networks.

The latest images appear to show mining, power and military sites. Two of those under discussion are easily identifible.

This giant blue structure is part of the world's biggest potash fertiliser plant in Lop Nur, which was written about a few years ago in the excellent farwestchina blog. The photograph for its wikipedia entry is indentical, though of course – if you want to keep the conspiracy spirit burning – that does not rule out the possibility that this huge structure conceals something more sinister. More evidently destructive, however, is what looks like an enormous mine on its south-west corner.

Most of the other images are also in or close to Lop Nur, which was China's nuclear testing ground and remains a sensitive military area. Close up, there are clear signs of debris and this image and this one suggest either a silo has exploded or the area has been used for aerial target practice.

Relatively close by, the long blue strips look like runways. Harder to explain are the giant crazy-paving patterns (see also this one). Given the fact that previous Google Earth images showed China has replicated potential war zones in the desert – presumably for training – it is understandable that netizens who have tried to map these on to the road networks of Washington DC. But their efforts are far from conclusive.

Similarly, I wonder if any readers can clarify what this is? It looks like it some sort of electricity grid. Several keen-eyed netizens have also noted that not far away, you can find wind turbines.

It is not surprising. In recent years, the old silk road through China's massive deserts has been lined with some of the world's biggest windfarms as the country has invested more than any other in renewable technology. Similarly, there are far more open-cast mines. The turbines and the pits may not look as mysterious as the military targets or as unique as the Great Wall, but they are probably the clearest view from space of China's rising power.Check out the original article on the guardian website (at the link) to be able to... more

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